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#the baby whisperer

He was so cunty here. And for no reason

is this anything I can't tell the brain worms have taken over

ER husbands

what robby sees.... 🥺

just, what am i supposed to do with this, y'know?

Dana, sighing: I can't do this anymore.

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We can recognize that he is a man in pain. Robby, from what we are shown, is not a bad person. He cares a lot about the people around him and his patients. He’s not the evil caricature that some fans make him out to be. He has deep rooted trauma, particularly surrounding loss, that he has not healed from. He’s lost a parent at a young age, lost a mentor, lost countless patients to COVID (including said mentor), couldn't save his step son’s girlfriend to gun violence then lost a relationship with jake as a result of this failure and the associated casualties of the mass shooting, and of course other traumas he's faced + additional patients he lost through decades in the field. He is a man whose life has been shaped profoundly by loss. He hasn't been able to confront his traumas in a healthy way (not to forget the fact that men in western society tend to be looked down on if they do show emotions or express themselves in a way other than anger); so in turn he lashes out. Is it pretty? No. Robby is projecting his issues onto others all day and making everyone else’s day worse. The show clearly tells us that he is NOT doing well. Is it professional? Nope. But are mental health struggles ever pretty? No. Which is where we circle back to "people don't always respond to trauma the way you expect them to."

not the first time he says it, and i'm also repeating myself, but i won't get tired of saying it either: robby's journey towards getting better— his capacity for it— means a lot to me.

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everyone say thank you patball for posting these just now 💖

ok, handsome

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At this point Mikey has been with Jack for a few years and they’ve settled into a solid routine. She’s a senior resident applying for fellowships and he’s doing his intern year. They’re both swamped with work at the ED and more often than not they both pass out in a heap on the bed after work. Jack started out hesitant, a bit embarrassed at his sudden change in libido, but it wasn’t something he could hide from Mikey for too long. They were both doctors, it’s not like she didn’t know what testosterone would do to him. Jack starts to get all whiney and needy around her; taking any chance he can get to touch her. If he was really horny he wouldn’t even bother pretending like he wasn’t reaching for the curve of her ass. Mikey loves letting her boy feel her up and call her handsome, especially when he’s trying to hide how turned on he already is. Heated kisses inevitably become Jack humping up against Michelle’s thigh and pleading shakily into her ear. He tells her how much he wants—no—needs her, and fuck if that didn’t work on Michelle every damn time. More often than not Mikey would find herself stabilizing Jack’s hips as he fucks into her like an overeager pup. When she had started seeing him it was just casual sex with her roommate, now she has a gorgeous, virile younger butch boyfriend practically begging for her most nights. So what if they both came to work a bit more tired than usual for the next couple months? Jack would level out eventually.